Warner Brothers sending 2021 movies to HBO Max
17 movies will premiere on HBO Max same day as theatrical release.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-bros-smashes-box-office-windows-will-send-2021-slate-to-hbo-max-and-theaters
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-bros-smashes-box-office-windows-will-send-2021-slate-to-hbo-max-and-theaters

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This has been happening way too often for how connected everyone is these days.
These movies will be available on HBO Max for one month, in 4K Ultra HD and HDR, at no additional charge.'
At the moment, the list of supported devices includes:
"HBO Max will stream Wonder Woman 1984 in 4K HDR, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos - CNET" https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/hbo-max-will-stream-wonder-woman-1984-in-4k-hdr-dolby-vision-and-dolby-atmos/
I think it will get worse before it gets better. It's bad enough that every network seems to want to have it's own streaming subscription(s) to compete against the Netflix's of the world, just wait until HBO decides it wants to compete against Roku as well and releases it's exclusive streaming device.
"Want to watch The Mandalorian season 3? Available now exclusively on the $129 DisneyBox™ featuring Disney+"
At this point I just want cable back.... This isn't how I imagined cutting the cord would work.
Comcast/Xfinity/NBC is trying a version of this, offering Peacock for free to Xfinity internet customers but only on their streaming box.
In our world of interconnectedness, it's a bit asinine that all these regional restrictions exist. This is certainly a driver for piracy. I understand that there are legal hurdles to providing content to other regions, I just think it's a bit ridiculous.
If some enterprising corporation could put together a software solution that collects all these services in to one interface, so users don't have to juggle apps and determine WHERE content is available, it would surely lower piracy further. Google's new "Chromecast with Google TV" ($49.99) makes great strides towards this, and is likely the future interface for Android TV. (Though I imagine most current Android TV devices, especially TV's with Android built in, are unlikely to be updated to it.)
jluzania said:
I have a Sony TV with Android TV. (4k, no HDR) from around 2015-2016. It does not handle 4k content very well. I personally sidelined my built in Android TV and added an Nvidia Shield TV ($150, or you can get the Pro version which is better for gaming for $200) However if your use case is only for streaming services like HBO Max, Netflix, Prime, etc you can't do much better dollar for dollar than the new Chromecast with Google TV ($49.99) mentioned above. I can highly recommend it. It runs Android 10, and you can sideload apps on it very easily.
Very happy with the quality and it gets me Disney+ and Netflix in Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision, plus it should get me HBO MAX in whatever their highest quality is going to be when that drops with WW84.
I wouldn't have paid to watch any of these movies except Dune, but for no extra cost I'll watch most of them. Wonder Woman on Christmas night? Let's do it.
It's looking more and more like Netflix doesn't offer as much value as HBO or Disney (especially if you have kids).
there ya go!
If you have steam games on your PC, you can use the nvidia game streaming to play them on the shield. Also, GeForce NOW to play them in the cloud on your TV. IME, it works better than Stadia.